Shipbuilding

Carnival to upgrade fleet in wake of Triumph debacle

2013-04-17 16:46:00

Hoping to improve its tarnished image, Carnival Cruise Lines plans to spend $300 million to add an extra generator in each ship and upgrade fire-suppression systems in response to the high-profile malfunctions that hobbled the Carnival Triumph this year....

Carnival to invest $300 million in wake of Triumph debacle

2013-04-17 09:43:00

Carnival Cruise Lines will spend up to $300 million to add an extra generator in each ship and improve fire suppression systems in response to the high-profile malfunctions that hobbled the Carnival Triumph cruise ship earlier this year. Carnival's...

Search called off for man lost after Carnival Triumph hit pier

2013-04-04 18:16:00

Rescuers called off the search for a missing shipyard worker who fell into the Mobile River after strong winds blew the beleaguered Carnival cruise ship Triumph off its moorings and into a pier. The Triumph had been at the BAE Systems shipyard in...

Carnival Triumph breaks free of moorings; shipyard worker missing

2013-04-03 18:44:00

Carnival's cursed�cruise ship Triumph broke loose from its moorings Wednesday when strong winds hit Mobile, Ala., and two shipyard workers fell into the Mobile River. One was still missing by evening.� Helicopters and search teams scoured the river...

Google accidentally removes Digg from search results

2013-03-20 13:51:00

Oops! A mistake by Google on Wednesday morning caused the site's search service to remove Digg from its results, leading to speculation that there may have been some drama between the two tech companies. Digg users searching for the social news...

For the record

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Start-up colony: In the March 13 Business section, the caption for a drawing that accompanied an article about a plan for a cruise ship on which foreign-born entrepreneurs could work to build start-up companies said that the drawing was a rendering of the...

Hong Kong: New billion-dollar cruise terminal to open this spring

2013-03-07 07:00:00

Construction crews in Hong Kong are putting the final touches on a massive $1-billion cruise terminal that locals are calling a “groundscaper” because its length is double the height of the city’s tallest skyscraper. � The mammoth...

In honor of African American Marines, ship christened in San Diego

2013-03-03 09:12:46

Obama rejects GOP call to appropriate sequester cuts

2013-02-26 11:30:00

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- President Obama rejected Republican suggestions Tuesday that he should have more power to carry out $85 billion in pending budget cuts, and instead urged Congress to work out a better solution that involves raising revenue through...

'Top Chef' recap: Stefan Richter loses his party pants

2013-01-31 10:44:00

Wednesday night's super-sized episode of "Top Chef" let viewers and the contestants have a little fun on an Alaskan cruise. The remaining chefs packed their bags -- Stefan Richter packed what he calls his party pants -- and they boarded a cruise ship with...

Questions linger one year after the Costa Concordia disaster

2013-01-27 00:00:00

More than a year after the Costa Concordia capsized off Italy, one big question still haunts survivor Michelle Barraclough: Why were no clear instructions given during the emergency? "The crew had no idea what to do," the Australian woman wrote on a...

Employees launch the cargo vessel Nancy Lykes

2012-11-28 00:13:54

An electric boat passes under the old Wells Street bridge.

2013-05-16 13:06:00

Chris Taylor, a shipwright at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, guides one of the original ceiling planks from the hold of the Charles W. Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship in the world and the "crown jewel" of the Mystic Seaport collection.

2013-05-10 08:25:05

This 110-ton, 60-foot-tall crane, now housed at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, was put into service at Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway Shipyard in 1942; it was used to help repair ships damaged during World War II.

2013-04-17 00:00:00